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Joanne HuntMon, Jul 29

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08:54

It's a warm, muggy morning in the Capital. Expect temperatures of 18-21 today with showers becoming widespread in the afternoon. Pack a rain poncho.

08:56

Good morning. It's Monday July 29th. Joanne Hunt here on The Daily Wire, keeping you up to speed on the day's news events. I'll be here until 5pm.

08:58

The headlines in today's Irish Times: Burton says Taoiseach and Tánaiste Council is too exclusive. Waiting list for nursing homes set to double by year's end. Lone gunman steals jewels valued at €40m in Cannes. And there's a nice seasonal front page pic of pilgrims climbing Croagh Patrick yesterday. Some 20,000 people made the ascent.

09:05

“Bare feet is also better for the mountain – you’re not kicking up half the scree. Look at the problems they’ve been having here with erosion. The Reek would be far better off if we all left the shoes at home."

Words to the wise from hardy pilgrim Johnny Toner from Leitrim who climbed the mountain in his barefeet in 1hr 20mins. Irish Times journalist Lorna Siggins wore boots.

09:09

And there were some enterprising hawkers along the route - ash and blackthorn sticks were for sale (€3) or rent (€1.50).

09:17

Some nice headline writing in the tabloids as the Rebels saw off the Cats by five points:

Traffic police told anItalian radio station that the bus driver, for reasons not yet determined, appeared to have lost control of his vehicle, smashing through a guard rail and plunging some 30 metres below.

09:37

The bus was on its way back after an excursion from the south-eastern Puglia area of Italy, which is popular with Catholic faithful paying tribute to the sanctified monk Padre Pio who was based there.

09:40

Meanwhile a train driver suspected of causing Spain’s worst rail disaster for decades has been provisionally charged with multiple cases of negligent homicide.

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo (52) was taken to court in Santiago de Compostela last night and questioned for almost two hours by Judge Luis Alaez, who formally accused him of causing the derailment just outside the city on Wednesday.

The Spanish rail agency has said the brakes should have been applied four kilometres before the train hit the curve after which the crash happened.

09:41

Aside from Croagh Patrick, pilgrim sites are in the news for all the wrong reasons today.

Seventeen car bombs exploded in Iraq today, killing at least 55 people in predominantly Shia areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents including al Qaeda stepped up attacks this year. Read more.

10:36

The successors of the 1916 leaders franchised the State “to a private organisation called the Catholic Church, shedding in particular its responsibility for the education and health systems, and thereby allowing little actual space for the elected leaders of this republic to play their role in pursuing the happiness and prosperity of the nation”, said outgoing Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly.

Confusion and tardiness contributed to the lack of coordination of emergency services in Galicia minutes after last Wednesday’s deadly train accident near Ferrol, which claimed 79 lives, according to records obtained by EL PAÍS.

12:18

The Sunday Times has paid substantial damages to the former partner of author Brooke Magnanti after wrongly claiming that he sought to expose her as the anonymous call girl blogger, Belle de Jour, for money, The Guardian reports.

12:19

Prof Dermot Keogh: watering down Freedom of Info legislation by FF and PD was "act of civic vandalism" #macgill13

Straight from the Papal aircraft: Pope Francis is reaching out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" AP reports.

12:33

Some mad anecdotes from presenters of The Sunday Game over the last 35 years.

'They haven't moved away from the sort of leprechaun image really. There is a bit of gombeenism about many of the initiatives which I don't think is necessary. We don't need to turn ourselves into sort of the Guinness-drinking, fun-loving sort of leprechaun types...I do think there is an over emphasis on that" - Independent TD Clare Daly talks to the BBC about The Gathering.

Recognise your house? Check out this picture book of homes from Bangkok to Shanghai which shows how the new upper middle classes in emerging economies are styling their homes. The aesthetic proves pretty homogeneous.

“With regards to the ordination of women, the Church has spoken and says no...That door is closed," Pope Francis has told journalists.

14:13

A group representing publicans has said revenues from an off-sales alcohol tax could replace sports sponsorship funding, writes Genevieve Carbery.

14:18

Gardai have issued a Child Rescue Alert as Sanjeev Chada and his two children, Eoghan and Ruairi, have been missing from their Carlow home since yesterday.

14:24

Mr Chada (43) and his two children Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5) are from Ballinkill, Bagnalstown, Co.Carlow. They were reported missing in the early hours of this morning.

Mr Chada left the family home at 6.30pm yesterday in the company of his two children en route to the Dome Bowling Centre in Carlow Town and has not contacted his family since. He was driving a green Ford Focus registered number 06 CW 238.

Eoghan is described as 4’10’’ medium build, black shoulder length hair. He was wearing a navy tracksuit bottoms, dark top and white runners. Ruairi is described as 3’10’’ with black short hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a red and white Middlesboro jersey.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Carlow Garda Station on 059 9136620 or any Garda Station.

14:31

Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is under investigation by France's human rights watchdog, following claims that the retailer hires employees based solely on their appearance, reports Vogue.

The company's CEO Mike Jeffries previously said that his brand was aimed solely at "cool, good-looking people".

A juror has been jailed for two months in London after a Facebook post describing a man on trial as a 'paedophile', reports the BBC.

16:58

The Taoiseach's department spent €300,000 on tea and biccies? The Irish Sun has the scoop today. Freedom of Information officers must just love getting these requests.

17:02

That's it from today's Daily Wire, thanks for stopping by. We're back again tomorrow at 9am. In the meantime, you can keep up to date on IrishTimes.com and @IrishTimesLive.

17:04

Becoming dry in most places tonight, but there will be some further scattered showers, most of them along the west and south coasts. As winds slacken, a few mist or fog patches will develop. Minimum temperatures 10 to 12 celsius.